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Hot rodding , drano

09-11-2009, 07:59 PM

Have the machines at home,not shop. Good remodel cust. sink blockage,said She used DRANO. Gave Her a gentle prod to stop this practice . Called Jerry Mac,conserned about My new power vee cables. Suggested I shop vac the drano water . Works Great. Ran bath down stream to help , cold water. Cable kept coming back hot until cleared. Is this the drano effect? . funny also shop vacked the job site toilet,soft blockage. Never used shop vac for this,works great. THANK YOU FOR THE HELP JERRY MAC . This Guy has a bag of tricks!

I can build anything You want , if you draw a picture of it , on the back of a big enough check .

We use a shopvac a lot. It works good to clean sand out of the bottom of a trap. We also us it to vac out a trap pit full of water, to lower the water level to open a clean out. I would be carefull using it on water/drano mix. Depending on the amount of drano the vac will put any drano vapor into the air which could cause lung and eye irritation. We charge any extra fee for lines with drano in them to cover the additional wear on the cable. We do try to wash off the cable real good afterwards. We won't camera a line with drain cleaner in it. We will open the line and camera after a few days.

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I always put on safety gear like safety glasses and a face shield, till I know the acid they used is neutralized. To neutralize the liquid drain cleaners I use baking soda, sprinkle it in to the drain in small amounts. till the foaming stops.

Now as for your cable if there was still large amounts of acid in the line be careful when you go to use it next, it may start to break like peanut brittle. If your cable does break have a look at the break itself if the break is not stressed more than likely its due to acid damage, if its stressed(looks like it tried to unwind first or kink) then it was just due to over torquing the cable.

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I always put on safety gear like safety glasses and a face shield, till I know the acid they used is neutralized. To neutralize the liquid drain cleaners I use baking soda, sprinkle it in to the drain in small amounts. till the foaming stops.

Now as for your cable if there was still large amounts of acid in the line be careful when you go to use it next, it may start to break like peanut brittle. If your cable does break have a look at the break itself if the break is not stressed more than likely its due to acid damage, if its stressed(looks like it tried to unwind first or kink) then it was just due to over torquing the cable.

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i have never worn eye safety glasses just canves work gloves or heavy rubber if running though drain acids !after i was 30 years old i did wear my prescrition glasses i figured they whould protect my eyes !

I would suggest these safety precautions when using any chemicals but especially when using a caustic chemical. Also many acid based products are increased by adding water to them. If you do get it on you use baking soda. Most importantly read the user safety recommendations.